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"In New York City we don't always have a tree available or a
place to drive a tent stake. And we don't tie off to cars because
someone might steal the car and drive off with the rig dragging
behind it. A funny sight it may be, but it plays havoc on a
production schedule. We use Mafia blocks. Mafia blocks??? Three
foot square cement blocks that weigh about 2,000 pounds apiece.
They even have a tie off point cast in them. Get a forklift to
drop them where you need them and you're in business. I'll leave
the reasoning behind the name choice to your imagination."
Alternative Building Systems
Containers as Structures - In the summer of 1995, Walt Disney Studios leased 180 containers. The units were stacked and secured to create (4) 85' x 120'
movie screens in New York’s Central Park. The container "screens" were used for the world premiere of the "movie"
Pocahontas. Later in the summer, the same concept was adopted by the
Vatican for the Pope’s visit to New York. Containers provided
large screens which carried the Pope’s mass in Central Park.